25 Comae Berenices

Above the horizon. Rise: 12:18 | Tran: 19:43 | Set: 3:11

Alt: 54.14° Az: 205.74° Direction: South-West

25 Comae Berenices is a giant star of spectral class K5 in the constellation of Coma Berenices.

25 Comae Berenices visual magnitude is 5.68. Because of its faintness, 25 Comae Berenices is visible to the naked eye only from locations with very dark skies, while it is not visible at all from skies affected by light pollution.

DSS2 image of 25 Comae Berenices. The red arrow shows the motion of 25 Comae Berenices during the next 10000 years (-6.17 arcmin in Right Ascension and -2.67 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

Right Ascension 12h 38m 14s

Declination +16° 56’ 58”

Hour Angle 01h 01m 41s

Sidereal Time 13h 39m 56s

J2000

Right Ascension 12h 36m 58s

Declination +17° 05’ 21”

Galactic Coordinates

Galactic Longitude 283.77°

Galactic Latitude 79.42°

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Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

Color ⬤

Magnitude 5.68

Class Giant

Absolute magnitude -0.33

Spectral Type K5III

Color Index (B-V) 1.41

Temperature 3934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where 25 Comae Berenices is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of 25 Comae Berenices. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

25 Comae Berenices is distant 518.28 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 8 kilometers per second.

Distance (parsec) 158.98

Distance (light year) 518.28

Radial Speed -8 km/s

Proper Motion RA -0.037 arcsec/y

Proper Motion Dec -0.016"/y

Alternative Designations

Flamsteed designation 25 Comae Berenices

Henry Draper Catalogue HD109742

SAO Catalogue SAO100176

Hipparcos Catalogue HIP61571

Durchmusterung Catalogue BD+17 2504

FK5 Catalogue 3007

Visibility from Your Location

Today's 25 Comae Berenices rise, transit and set times from Weymouth, United Kingdom are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 73.1° RISE 12:18

Max altitude: 56.3° TRANSIT 19:43

Azimuth: 286.9° SET 3:11

Name:	Weymouth, United Kingdom
Latitude:	50° 36' 52.2" N
Longitude:	2° 27' 35.7" W
Timezone:	Europe/London

Set Location

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